 | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA Palmer C. Sweet COM MONWEALTH...CHARLOTTESV]LLE, VIRGINIA 1980 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA Palmer...Palmer C. Sweet COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF...Geologist CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 1980 FRONT covER: Large open-cut County, as photographed in 1939...London and Virginia mine, Buckingham VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES PUBLICATION 19 GOLD IN VIRGINIA |  | | Report (issue) | | the cover—Turquois crystals from Lynch Station, Virginia; x ca.; pho tograph by Neal Ycdlin; color plates...C. A. Michael. COLD NUGGET FROM SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY: Longest dimension approximately 13 cm., photograph...of Virginia R. V. DIETRICH* Professor of Geology and Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic...Polytechnic Institute Research Division Bulletin 47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. 24061 *... © R. V. Dietrich and the Research Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1970 Printed and bound |  | | Report (issue) | | VIRGINIA DIVISION OI MINERAT RESOURCES PUBTICATION 45 VIRGINIA GOID-RESOURCE DATA Polmer C. Sweet...Sweet ond Dqvid Trimble CO'N'NONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA DEPARTAAENT OF CONSERVATION AND ECONO'vlIC DIVISION... VIRGINA 1943 VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAT RESOURCES PUBTICATION 45 VIRGINIA GOLD-RESOURCE DATA Polmer...at the old Melville mine near l,Jilderness, 0range County. (photograph from "Gold Seekers Turn Again to...volume 39,.|934). VIRGINIA DIVISION OF RESOURCES PUBLICAIION 'YIINERAI VIRGINIA GOID.RESOURCE DATA |  | | Book (volume) | | instance, a single Spodumene crystal from the Etta Mine near Keystone on the east side of the Mount Rushmore...The commercial production of minerals, principally Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Lead, Manganese and Zinc...beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE: area ridges, slopes, stream beds |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | - 127 Oe - 105 Pt - 198 - - family, while tellurium closely resembles sulphur and selenium. Mendelejeff...Mendelejeff therefore argued that the atomic weight of tellurium ought to be smaller ; but in spite - Similar...order of atomic weights iodine should come before tellurium ; but even the most superficial investi gation...Mendelejeff that a dis crepancy exists in the case of tellurium and iodine. Ac - - - :108 Co - 50 · Cu -...C /�(V) ! In view of the more recent work of Moseley on the high-frequency spectra of the elements, |  | | Book | | theoretical work at Cambridge under the great David Buckingham, who despaired of my asking too many philosophical...and Seaborg, and for permission to use photos of Moseley and Pauli. Gordon Woods for providing the photo...many as the quintessential natural kind term. To be gold is to possess atomic number 79 and vice versa. Natural...language concerning how linguistic terms such as “gold” or “water” refer to objects in the world. According...elements. Not all atoms of gold have the same mass, and so it has been claimed that gold is not a unique natural |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Book (volume) | | Marcasite, Pyrite, Selenite and Sphalerite. A few alluvial Diamonds have been found. ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT...CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD, area creek gravels and alluvial deposits, rare⎯Diamond. CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON...deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships of Washington, Virginia, Bedford, Jackson, Jefferson...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE... as clusters and nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | by copper sulphides with abundant arsenopyrite, pyrite and accessory galena and sphalerite. New field...deformation in quartz, cataclasis of arsenopyrite and pyrite, fracturing and/or buckling of bladed hematite...quartz crystal boundaries, and invade brecciated pyrite. Previous K–Ar Early Devonian age determinations...al. 1997). This paper considers the chalcopyrite–pyrite– arsenopyrite suite of Stanley & Vaughan (1982a)...digenite, djurleite and bornite are found locally. Pyrite and arsenopyrite are usually abundant, accompanied |  | | Book (edition) | | WITH OR WITHOUT ACIDIC THE SILICATES EXCLUDED. Gold 122 and Compounds Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium...represent a few of the forms in a common species, pyrite, a compound of iron and sulphur. 8. Many more...dependent relations a fact often ex- figures pyrite. The various it is true, mutually CRYSTALLOGRAPHY...hemihedrism a kind that is presented by many crystals of pyrite. Fig. 48 is the hemihedral form resulting when...for making another. Fig. 63 represents a cube of pyrite with striated faces. As the faces of a cube are |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | zinc), while the greatest wave-length measured by Moseley was 8"364.10 -s cm. (K~line of alumininm). Most...fell of aluminium (0"001 ram.) was used. From tellurium it was replaced by a thin foil of goldbeater's...goldbeater's skin that very well transmits the soft rays (Moseley). It has a disadvantage, however, in also transmitting...of rocksalt the value 2"814.10 -s cm., given by Moseley, was * Communicated by the Author. t Phil. Mag...gurtiler, th'.at only in some cases (~, al,/!/2) a Moseley relation I~olds good for the whole r~mge, while |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 193; anal. by, 195 Aureole of Nahant Gabbro, Mass., USA, chemical mineralogy of, anal., paragenesis, metamorphism...new amorphous copper carbonate from the Carr Boyd Mine, Western Australia, 97 BRINDLEY (G. W.), Motukoreaite--additional...A rare-metal-rich Precambrian pluton, Colorf~do, USA, 959 Diaboleite, Arizona, chemical stability, 9oi...on low-grade metamorphism--southwestern Brewster County, Texas, 479 Drugmanite, Belgium, descr., cryst...implications, lOO5 ENGLAND(B. M.), Cleavage in pyrite from Tasmania, 183; see OSTWALD(J.), 297 Eosphorite-childrenite |  | | Book | | 48 C d 49 I n H2.40 m M Cadmium Indium 79 A U Gold 87 F r 226.0254 6dW Radium * LANTHANIDES 5...e 2,j2p, 25 M n 95.94 Ad5 5a 2 Sp3 127.6o Tellurium 20.17. 3«>3p9 3 9 M . 35.453 42 M O Molybdenum...K n o w n in Antiquity Carbon 23. Sulphur 25. Gold 26. Silver 28. Copper 29. Iron 30. Lead 32. Tin...Barium 65. M o l y b d e n u m 66. Tungsten 67. Tellurium 68. Strontium 69. Zirconium 70. Uranium 71. Titanium...tin, iron, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, gold, platinum, lead, tungsten, and zinc. They also could |  | | Journal (issue) | | withstand moisture and abrasion, resulting in longer belt life. Thermoid Multi-V Belts are available in matched... F.H.P. or flat transmission belts. For unusual belt problems, a Thermoid Field Representative is always...and cost far less in maintenance than any other mine car wheel! FOR COMPLETE SANFORD-DAY IRON SANFORD...SECTION International Panorama Manganese from the Gold Coast—by P. J. Sergeant World Shaft Sinking Record...Muller, manager, Virginia Orange Free State Gold Mining Company, Limited, Virginia Orange Free State |  | | Journal (volume) | | sand and granitic gravel are slightly mixed with gold in the beds of the Ramgunga, the Aluknunda, and...vein-stones. The ignorance and prejudice of the native mine-owner prohibits use of the wheel-barrow, the windlass...wrought to advantage, now remains unbroken in the mine, and undressed at the surface. All necessaries of...granite of Candonga contains ose, parts of the system. gold alloyed with palladium ; but that of the Caraça...different dimensions, and contain unequal proportions of gold, beside smaller quantities of iron -pyrites and |  | | Book | | Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Appendixes 615...Check of Common Minerals Common Fluorescent Minerals Gold Panning Values Colors and Symbols on a Geologic...the ancient gems), calcite, fluorspar, jadeite, pyrite, quartz family minerals ( agate, carnelian, chalcedony...bodies. At a time when Neolithic man was picking up gold and copper nuggets to be hammered into ornaments...amethyst, and rock crystal-all mounted in heavy gold settings that were further decorated with blue enamel |  | | Book | | siderite, Force Crag Mine, Braithwaite (MNS 4491) Back cover-'Daisy' gypsum, Birks Head Mine, Long Marton (MNS...Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells (MNS 4492) (top right) Quartz, variety rock crystal, Carrock Fell Mine, Mosedale...(bottom left) Hematite, variety kidney ore, Nab Gill Mine, Boot (MNS 4490) (bottom right) ISBN O 85272 099...rocks unconformably and form an almost continuous belt surrounding the central fells. A small area of Devonian...present century when the area's last major lead mine, Greenside, closed in 1962. The celebrated graphite |  | | Journal (issue) | | Ordovician pluton at Croft Quarry 166 Tim Colman Gold in Britain: past , present and future 173 Mercian...by Tim Cullen. Back cover: Minerals of Golconda Mine. See notes on page 205. Photos by John Jones. Stephen...Members’ Evening, 2010: Shetland: John Aram Golcona Mine: John Jones James Hutton: Gerard Slavin, Gerry Shaw...than bio-conservation? One may wonder if the old mine would have been closed off had it become a bat roost...now largely American; it is mostly active in the USA with twothirds of its 32,000 workforce American, |  | | Book (edition) | | symbols of the inclined hemihedrons in the species pyrite. are written in the general form -J(w n 1), of...cube and Figs. 103, 104, 105, of the species pyrite, represent various tions of parallel hemihedrons...the faces of the cube, H\ 104 103 Pyrite. Pyrite. Pyrite. trapezohedron, 2-2 and ^of the parallel...is contained in 360. occur in the tetrahedrons of gold and sphalerite, since 5 x 70 32' (the tetra360 (approx...twinning plane a dodecahedral plane. 275 276 Pyrite. The same 277 Magnetite. method of composition |  | | Book (edition) | | ^ fe o -• vO y MINERALOGY AND MINING. Mine Accidents —Ventilation — Ore Dressing, Etc. DESCRIPTIVE...lific of valuable treats and advice." PRACTICAL MINE VENTILATION. WILSON. For the Use of Mining Engineers...Colliery Ouardian, London. RESOURCES OP SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. 30YD. A book not only for the general reader...style, and particularly suited to citizens of Virginia. Illustrated by a fine topographical, geological...above, there is also the department of Economic Mine) alogy, which is not here and (3) in the coarser |  | | Book (edition) | | called pyritohedral, because observed in the species pyrite. The complete symbols of the inclined hemihedrons...the other minus, ^ [^-2]. common in the species pyrite, and are hence called QijriJ.oliasolids are f...octahedron. Figs. 103, 104, 105, of the species pyrite, represent various combinaIn f. 103 tions of parallel...the octahedron, 1 ; of the . 104 103 Pyrite. Pyrite. Pyrite. trapezohedron, 2-2 and of. the parallel...example, five-fold twins occur in the tetrahedrons of gold and sphalerite, since 5 x 70 32' (the tetra360 (approx |  | | Book (edition) | | Molybdenum, 7. Tungsten, 8. Vanadium, 9. Tellurium, 10. . Bismuth, 11. Antimony, 12. Arsenic...Palladium 22. 23. 2. Crap. Caap. Chap. Brief 2. Gold, . 3. Silver, . 202 202 2(8 206 209 213 217...aster, star.] HavThe ing the appearance of a stai mine. An oxyd having an acrid within. Alkali. Containing...potash, Augitic. Auriferous. [Lat. aurum, gold.) soda. Containing gold. Alkaline. Like an alkali. Alliaceous...rrietal, as copper-red, bronze-yellow, brass-yellow, gold-yellow, steelgray, lead-gray, iron-gray. The non-metallic |  | | Book (edition) | | . . . . . . . . Vanadium, . . . Tellurium, . . . . 10. Bismuth, . . . . 11. ...Noble Metals. 2. Platinum, Iridium, Palladium, Gold, . 3. Silver, 1. . . . . . . . . . ...Augitic. Auriferous. soda. [Lat. aurum, gold.) Containing gold. Alkaline. Like an alkali. Alliaceous,...70 impleshape,] 54. horizontal entrance to a mine. A A ; A : Amygdaloidal, 339. Anhydrous. [Lat...metal, as copper-red, bronze-yellow, brass-yellow, gold-yellow, steel- gray, lead-gray, iron-gray. The |  | | Book (edition) | | 7. Tungsten, . • . . 8. Va'Qadium, . . • • 9. Tellurium, . . . . 10. Bismuth, . . . . 11. Antimony, ....Noble Metals. 1. Platinum, Iridium, Palladium, . 2. Gold, . • • . . 3. Silver, . • • . . . 132 . . . ...66. AcICULAR, [Lat. The horizontal entrance to a mine. Alkali An oxyd having an acrid taste, and caustic;...Containing augite. Auriferous. [Lat. auru.m, g Containing gold. Axes, 24 ; of double refraction Basaltic, 339....metal, as copper-red, bronze-yello,v, brass-yellqw, gold-yello,v, steel. gray, lead-gray, iron-gray. The |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | First: The third column contains the atomic (or Moseley) numbers of the elements. Second: The atomic weights...Erbium Europium Fluorine Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Gold Helium Holmium Hydrogeu Indium Iodine Iridium Iron...Silicon Silver Sodium Strontium Sulfur Tantalum Tellurium Terbium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin Titanium |
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